Discussion Question 6
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano, or
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, or
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Directions: After reading the lecture, answer the question below. Your answer is due no later than Thursday, Mar. 29.
Your responses to other students' answers are due by midnight on Saturday, Mar. 31. In order to get the full 20 points, you MUST respond thoughtfully to at least 3 or 4 other people's postings. Please answer the question as thoughtfully as possible, after reading the lecture. Then post your answer to the English 207 Message Board by the deadline. Click on the button below to visit your English 207 Message Board: Remember: This discussion question is worth a possible 20 points. Late answers will receive 0 points. Points will be assigned according to the thoughtfulness of your answers, not by whether they are "right" or not, since sometimes there is no "right" answer. Just be sure your ideas are supported by the material in the readings. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano, or How does the slave narrative you chose to read appeal to the compassion and the traditional Christian ideals of its readers? Give specific examples and quotes from the narrative to support and illustrate your ideas. --The mural on this page is called "Rural Highway." It's the mural painted for the Middleport, N.Y. Post Office by Marianne Appel in 1941. More information about this mural can be found at Western New York Heritage Press. --During the Depression in the 1930s and early 1940s, the U.S. government commissioned a number of murals for post offices across the United States. Many of these were quite amazing. To read more about them, CLICK HERE.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, or
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass